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MIT's storied Media Lab, which grew out of the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, is on the brink of breakup.

The Green Great Wall plan proposes the planting 9 million acres of forest at a cost of up to $8 billion to halt desertification. Will it work?

Breakthrough technologies used in projects such as Boston's Big Dig will help cities expand underground. Montreal, Toronto, and Kansas City have already started.

A team from the University of Cincinnati is digitally recreating seventeen centuries old geometric structures.

Energy independence is possible if we can launch an Apollo-style effort to harness the power of hydrogen.

MIT is developing a collision-avoidance system for cars.

Wired Magazine interviews Dave Schafer, general manager of MapQuest.

Oliver Grau's new book claims virtual reality isn't new.

San Francisco is the first city to ban the Segway Human Transporter on its sidewalks.

The world's first commercial high-speed Maglev train takes 8 minutes to complete a trip that takes 45 minutes by car.

Cell phones are popular but ugly metal cell towers are not. Cities are requiring that antennas be disguised as trees, rocks, cacti, or church steeples.

San Francisco, known for its dense fog, launches a major initiative to use solar energy. The city seeks to transform itself into a center for green architecture.

Universities are using environment-friendly technology on campus.

A new turbine makes coal as clean a natural gas.

The town of Bridgeville, CA, is up for sale on EBay, the popular online auction website.

Customers report a strange problem with the consumer version of Segway Human Transporter, the much-hyped self-balancing electronic scooter.

A group of self-described "geeks" provide wireless Internet access to tree-sitters perched on treetops as part of a project that combines open source software, recyled technology, and environmental activism.

A $20 million Reuters sign in New York City's Times Square, brings groundbreaking digital interactivity to public spaces.

A fascinating Wired Magazine article reviews the concept of building "atomic walls" around the nation's most important urban areas.

Votes are still being counted but it looks like Seattle voters have agreed to tax themselves to build the city's dream -- a monorail.